Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of community acquired pneumonia
and bacteremia. Excess wintertime mortality related to pneumonia has been noted for …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reliability and validity of a previously derived clinical dehydration
scale (CDS) in a cohort of children with gastroenteritis and evidence of dehydration. …

Objective.Standard precautions are advocated for reducing the number of injuries caused
by needles and sharp medical devices (“sharps injuries”), but the effectiveness of gloves in …

Background. Nosocomial pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among
surgical patients in the United States. The emergence of effective but potentially costly or …

Background Scurvy, the disease resulting from vitamin C deficiency, is perceived as being
rare and occurring predominantly in the past. However, scurvy continues to exist and may be …

A case of scurvy in a 10-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder is described. His
clinical presentation was initially thought to be due to osteomyelitis, for which empirical …

Background In temperate climates, invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) incidence tends
to coincide with or closely follow peak incidence of influenza virus infection; at a seasonal …

Campylobacter species infections are a common cause of acute gastroenteritis, and may
uncommonly be complicated by renal, neurological, and rheumatologic sequelae. Although …

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is an important cause of meningitis and bacteremia
worldwide. Seasonal variation in IMD incidence has long been recognized, but mechanisms …

In 2001, Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization endorsed a meningococcal
serogroup C conjugate vaccine, which appears to provide durable serogroup-specific …